Background
Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) is a five-year program supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that supports countries to improve how funds are allocated to healthcare providers in order to achieve the goal of universal health coverage. ThinkWell is working with purchasers and policy makers in five countries (Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Kenya, Philippines, and Uganda) to design and test policy options to more effectively purchase primary health care services, with a focus on family planning and maternal, neonatal, and child health.
PURPOSE AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
The Health policy Technical Specialist provides technical assistance, analytical, and operational support across a range of ThinkWell in-country public or private sector projects. The Health Policy Technical Specialist brings strong quantitative and qualitative skills and research capacity (typically in health economics and financing), as well as a solid understanding of the design, implementation, and evaluation of health financing policy reform. The Health Policy Technical Specialist may supervise staff but typically serves as an individual contributor on a project team.
In Indonesia, the SP4PHC/Indonesia team works with the Ministry of Health (MoH). The Health Policy Technical Specialist will have an excellent comprehension and network of the stakeholders in the MoH, private sector, professional bodies, and local level governance partnerships required for reforming how health financing and strategic purchasing are implemented with a focus on how to improve quality and coherence.
The role will require a Health Policy Technical Specialist who is able to work with a range of health financing, policy and planning specialists, supporting, and often leading the development of learning products that are focused on Health Financing and Strategic Purchasing. The consultant will also lead research studies that engage stakeholders from all levels of government to develop strategic purchasing policies and technical systems solutions in partnership with other development partners and MoH technical secretariats.
The consultant will report to the SP4PHC Technical Lead and provide research support to inform policies related to strategic purchasing. This is a part-time position of 8 hours per week, based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
SCOPE of WORK
The consultant, in collaboration with Technical Lead of SP4PHC Indonesia and SP4PHC Overall Coordinating Team, will undertake the following scope of work:
Deliverables
This is a part-time consultant position based in ThinkWell Office, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Indonesian Nationals Only)
: The duration of contract is from August 2021 to June 2022. The Level of Effort (LOE) is 8 hours per week.
Reporting Lines and Teamwork
Qualifications
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